Entries tagged with “William Ibershof” from Reality Window

That's what William C. Ibershof said in his letter to the editors in the New York Times responding to their article on Obama and Ayers which highlights the minimal contact the two had on very legitimate and well-regarded non-profit ventures in the Chicago area, one of which was financed by the foundation of well-known Republican publisher, ambassador and Nixon/Reagan pal, Walter Annenberg.

As the lead federal prosecutor of the Weathermen in the 1970s ... I am amazed and outraged that Senator Barack Obama is being linked to William Ayers's terrorist activities 40 years ago when Mr. Obama was, as he has noted, just a child. [...]

Because Senator Obama recently served on a board of a charitable organization with Mr. Ayers cannot possibly link the senator to acts perpetrated by Mr. Ayers so many years ago.

He does mention one other item that just confirms that Republican behavior patterns have remained much the same over the past 40 years.

I do take issue with the statement in your news article that the Weathermen indictment was dismissed because of "prosecutorial misconduct." It was dismissed because of illegal activities, including wiretaps, break-ins and mail interceptions, initiated by John N. Mitchell, attorney general at that time, and W. Mark Felt, an F.B.I. assistant director.

Imagine that. Illegal activities including wiretaps by the Attorney General and his assistant director. Sound like anyone else you know?

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